<- My inspiration Project.
This program was really interesting. I had never used a program like this before. It allowed you to make a diagram of a lesson and include pictures and links and notes. It also allowed you to view it in a outline format. So all the information you inserted while in the diagram was then turned into a outline based on how the content was linked. The same would happen if you inserted all the information in an outline it would then format a diagram of the information.
This could be a really useful thing in the classroom. It is a fun way to show how things are connected or show the lesson. It is also a really fun brainstorming tool for the whole class to use. I really enjoyed using this program and seeing all the things it is capable of doing both in and out of a classroom.
One of the major things that I do not like about this program is the fact that you can only use the tool if you or your school purchases the program. You cannot use it on a computer other than the one it is loaded on. This is difficult for teachers that want to be able to use this on a computer other than a school computer or for people that want to use it outside the classroom. Other than that this program has a lot of amazing capabilities that would be very useful in the classroom.
I was able to make an Inspiration project on the outer planets. It included fun facts that students would enjoy. It also included information about each planet and how it is different from earth. It showed where in the universe they fell. I was also able to link a fun page from the N.A.S.A. site so that students can go explore the planets, both inner and outer, to a greater extent. Changing the font and the colors of both the font and the backround was easy to do and it made the project a lot more fun. I was also able to add pictures of each planet so the students can see how each planet looks.
The inner planets were also done in inspiration by Meredith Phelan check out her blog by clicking her name.